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OnLive’s Cloud gaming model could well be the future for the industry, Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack said today, and it’s likely to make consoles a thing of the past.
“What hardware one runs behind the wall of the Cloud is unimportant; only what you are transmitting counts,” said the developer, writing on VentureBeat.
“Thus, the ultimate game console in the Cloud model is no console at all.”
Dyack added that Cloud gaming will mean that reaching consumers will be far simpler if the concept takes off.
“In the Cloud, publishing and advertising become much easier,” he said.
“With the Cloud, getting directly in touch with the consumer may be as simple as starting a website. This means that those people who can create ideas will ultimately become empowered and that the future is bright for game developers as the need for traditional publishing and distribution also is commoditized.
“If you are wondering about the technology for the Cloud, it already exits and we will likely see public tests in the near future.”
He added:
“This model is attractive because it eliminates piracy 100 percent, since the consumer does not have anything to copy and needs only to log into the Cloud to interact. Technology is commoditizing the value of hardware to zero and a unified platform will be the likely result. Following this logic to its end, the implication is that hardware could be removed altogether. What hardware one runs behind the wall of the Cloud is unimportant; only what you are transmitting counts. Thus, the ultimate game console in the Cloud model is no console at all.”
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Blerk said:
It’d be funnier if he was called Donald Dyack. Or Daffy Dyack.
Syrok said:
And when the servers fail no one can play. Fantastic.
G1GAHURTZ said:
This guy has already proven his ‘expertise‘ when it comes to modern gaming.
Patrick Garratt said:
I guess it’d have to be a Google-type solution for servers. Just warehouses full of computers. When one fails, it makes no difference. It just gets replaced.
G1GAHURTZ said:
I think it’s going to be similar to how cable/satellite TV works.
It rarely goes down, but people accept that it’s bound to at least once or twice a year for a short time.
As long as they get the other 363 days of ‘perfect’ gaming during the year, I don’t think that most people will mind too much.
Syrok said:
Probably.
Anyway, I don’t like the idea of being completely depended on one provider for all my games.
Patrick Garratt said:
Is this is, then? Is this what we’re all going to be doing in a few years?
Personally, I think it’d be completely awesome if that were the case.
Although what are we going to end up with? A Microsoft cloud? And a Sony cloud? And one cloud being a bit flakier than the other cloud?
AND WHAT IF THERE’S A THUNDERSTORM?
Michael O'Connor said:
““This model is attractive because it eliminates piracy 100 percent.”
Talk about missing the point.
Do you know what’s more attractive about piracy? It’s FREE! The pirate are not going to care about any sort of fancy infrastructure as long as they get something for FREE.
This is going to encourage piracy just as much as DRM did, especially if it becomes popularly supported by major developers, like DRM was for the five minutes it stuck around.
Quiiick said:
Our cable network just went down yesterday. No TV, no Internet!
A bosster-box for all cable-connections to every apartment in the building died.
They replaced it within 4 hours though thanks to a service-plus agreement with the cable-provider.
Blerk said:
We’ll have three competing clouds and ‘cloud fanboys’, smack-talking each other about ping rates and such.
Syrok said:
And there will be soft toys for the fanboys. In white and blck
Syrok said:
Edit: black
Hunam said:
I’m instantly opposed to it just because dyack likes it.
Tonka said:
But what about the CONNECTIONSPEEDS!
Why won’t anyone think of the CONENCTIONSPEEDS!
G1GAHURTZ said:
lol.
Yeah, as for the piracy thing though… Theoretically, all you would need to do is get some sort of ‘chipped’ reciever that thinks that all subscriptions have been paid, and boom!
Free games.
Although instead of only having one or two free games, they’d have every single game that the subscription provides for free!
Hero of Canton said:
This isn’t going to happen for YEARS. It’s obviously the best solution long-term, but you’d need everyone in the country on ultra-fast broadband. And that’s going to take a wee while.
Roybott said:
I’ve heard several mentions of being able to play SD games on a 1.5mbps connection and 720p60 on a 5mbps connection but (unless I’ve missed a few things) I havent heard anyone mention anything about 5.1 (or better) Surround Sound? That’s going to use a massive amount of bandwidth isn’t it? (That’s if they really want to emulate the console experience)
I think it’s a good idea, but agree with everyone who says it’s a few years ahead of its time because the (internet) infrastructure just isn’t here to support it yet!
Blerk said:
Why would they ever have the licenses on the client machine when everything else is on the server, G1GA?
G1GAHURTZ said:
LOL!
Oh yeah… Good point, hehe…
I’m sure there’s a way around it though… Whether it’s hacking passwords or whatever, I doubt they’ll be able to stop the pirates.
Also, just saying that you will be able to eliminate piracy completely is just a proverbial red flag to a bull.
Blerk said:
Nope. I think this would completely stop the pirates. Once and for all.
Everything is hosted. Everything. The only way you’d get around it would be to steal someone else’s account, at which point they’d just shut the account down.
No_PUDding said:
Well for me, this is not something to worry about considering we are atleast 5 years off something worthwhile coming from it.
Michael O'Connor said:
“Nope. I think this would completely stop the pirates. Once and for all.
Everything is hosted. Everything. The only way you’d get around it would be to steal someone else’s account, at which point they’d just shut the account down.”
Pirates like their privacy, and their anonymity. They don’t like someone else controlling what they have access to, and they refuse to allow that to be the case.
Cloud gaming is not going to suddenly kill every and all other forms of distribution. We are not going to suddenly see the death of retail stores and other online distribution services, *especially* if latency becomes an issue with this cloud-gaming.
As such, the content and files are still going to easily available for pirates to get access to.
I’m not an active pirate, I only torrent things that aren’t easily accessible to me by normal means, and 90% of my games are shelf bought. – my piracy is limited to music, rare or hard-to-find games, and movies.
But it’s easy to get wrapped up in the hype of all this. The reality isn’t quite so sugar coated though. And the reality is this = the more you try to stop the pirates, the more they’re going to stick their finger up in your direction and laugh at you for falling for the paid option in the first place. They’re always one step ahead, and they’re legion in numbers.
Shatner said:
exceptcloudgamingisntdeliveringgameCONTENTjustaviewofagamelol
whatarepiratesgoingtostealifnocontentischanginghandslol
loki said:
fail
Blerk said:
I think what he was trying to say is that cloud computing won’t completely replace the traditional ‘buy the game on a disc’ model. Which it probably won’t.
Michael O'Connor said:
“I think what he was trying to say is that cloud computing won’t completely replace the traditional ‘buy the game on a disc’ model. Which it probably won’t.”
At as long as that exists, there’ll be piracy.
David said:
I don’t careless if it stops piracy or not. for a small fee to onlive I can get access to the latest and greatest without the need to pay huge amounts of money getting a high-end PC.
Onlive could offer retailers cards with voucher codes equal to the price of a specific game or bundle so I doubt it will be the end of the retail side of gaming.
Things change so stores change to suit the current market.
Onlive if it works the way the promise sounds like a great idea and a welcome change in my opinion.
Shatner said:
OnLivewoulddecimateretail.theirdaysarenumberedanywaylol
Michael O'Connor said:
“I don’t careless if it stops piracy or not. for a small fee to onlive I can get access to the latest and greatest without the need to pay huge amounts of money getting a high-end PC.”
With the current speed of hardware advancement outstripping its implementation in the market by a laaaaaarge amount, hardware is at the cheapest its ever been.
Entry level PCs right now are starting at less than £300.
A good graphics card costs less than $100. a 1 terabyte hard-drives cost less than $60 pounds. You can buy 2GB of RAM for less than the cost of a budget game.
Nowadays, you can easily upgrade your PC well beyond the requirements needed for a game like Crysis’ for half the price of a PS3. The idea that it’s expensive is pretty out-dated.
David said:
lol why would I need to spend the money on getting a pc to play crysis if this service works I can do it and never spend a single penny on upgrading or building a PC.
If works then I’ll be happy if it doesn’t then its only a matter of time till it does.
Michael O'Connor said:
“lol why would I need to spend the money on getting a pc to play crysis if this service works I can do it and never spend a single penny on upgrading or building a PC.”
A number of reasons.
- Lag input between the time you press the keys and the image updating on your computer
- If the server goes down, or your internet connection dies, you’ll be disconnected from the game. Not fun if you haven’t saved.
- If the service doesn’t take off, or go bankrupt, you’ll never be able to access the games again.
It’s a pipe-dream.
David said:
So cynical I’m more positive of the out come and not holding judgement till I see a real life test of the service.
Shatner said:
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Trivi4l said:
Isn’t that what EVO: Phase 1 did?
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